Holding and dispensing device for paste-tubes.



D. MOXON. vHOLDING AND DISPENSING DEVICE FOR PASTE TUBES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I5 I9I5.

Patented Oct. 3,1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE.

DAVID MOXQN, 0F HOIYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS.

HOLDING AND DIS-PENSING DEVICE FOB, PASTE-TUBES.

Specieation of Letters Patent. v

Patented Oct. 3, 1916.

Application led May 15, 1915. Serial No. 28,419.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID MoxoN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Holyoke, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holding and Dispensing Devices for P aste- Tubes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention contemplates an improved holding and dispensing device for paste tubes, being particularly designed for use as a device for holding tubes containing tooth aste. p The invention has as its primary object to provide a device of this character adapted to support a paste tube in convenient. position so that a tooth brush may, at all times be readily placed beneath the mouth of the tube .to receive paste therefrom and wherein the device may be easily operated to expel paste from the tube.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thisV character adapted to expel substantially all of thepaste from the tube so that none of the paste will be wasted.

The invention has as a still further object in this connection, to provide a device eniploying coacting rollers adapted to compress the tube for .expelling the paste therefrom and wherein the free end of the tube will be thoroughly supported and guided to the said rollers.

4The invention has as va still further object to provide a device of this character which may be conveniently suspended from a wall or other surface and which will furnish a neat and attractive article adapted to also provide a tooth brush rack. And the invention has as a still further object to provide a device of this character wherein the body portion thereof will be formed of few and simple parts and wherein the means employed for manipulating the paste tube will also be of exceedingly simple character.

Other and incidental objects will appear as the description proceeds and in the drawings wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the' several views. Figure 1 is a.front elevation of my improved device showing tooth brushes arranged thereon and illustrating the conventional type of paste tube susengage a loo perspective view showing the tube receiving.

support ofthe device detached.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a base 10 which is preferably formed from a single piece of suitable sheet metal rolled to provide a marginal ange 11. The'base 10, adjacent the upper extremity thereof, is provided with a preferably circular opening surrounded by a laterally directed flange 12 and secured to the rear side of the base and projecting into the said opening are a plurality of lyieldable tongues 13 adapted to ing glass 14 seating against the Harige. In use, it is intended that the device be suspended from a wall or an other suitable character of support and tlie base 10 is, at the upper, end thereof, accordingly provided with an opening 15 adapted to receive a suspension device.

will be observed that my improved device may be employed as a tooth brush rack.

Arranged medially upon the base 10 and extending longitudinally thereof is a Support 17A shown in detail in Fig. 5 of the drawings. This support ispreferably formed from a single piece of suitable sheet metal bent intermediate its ends to provide substantially parallel side walls 18 which are secured at ltheir free edges in any suit- `able manner to the base 10, as shown in Fig.

4 of the drawings.

The side walls 18 are joined by a substantially straight connecting portion 19 which, throughout the major portion of its length is longitudinally split to provide coacting arcuate flanges 2O as will be best observed upon reference to Fig. 4 of the drawings. The flanges 20 are arranged to curve laterally and inwardly toward the base 10 to define an intermediate substantially semi-circular channel or guide way, while the inner free ends of the said flanges are disposed in spaced relation to define a slot 21 extending longitudinally of the supportand openmg through the lower end thereof. Fitting over the upper end of the support is a closure cap 22 which is detachably held in position by side flanges 23. i

Mounted upon the support 17 adjacent the upper extremity of the guide way thereof is a tube compression mechanism. This mechanism includes coacting rollers 24 which are preferably formed of suitable resilient material and are arranged to normally engage each other.` The'rollers 24 are mounted upon substantially parallel shafts 25 Journaled in the side walls 18 and which are each preferably screw threaded at one extremity to receive a nut 26 as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings for holding the said shafts in position.

vKeyed upon the shafts 25 at one side of the support are intermeshing pinions 27 and arranged to coact with one of said pmions, is a pawl 28 pivotally supported upon the adjacent wall of the support. One of the shafts 27 is extended at one extremity thereof and is provided with an operating knob 29, and it will now be observed that when the said knob is turned, rotary motion thus impartedv to one of the rollers 24 will be communicated to the other roller through the medium of the pinions 27 while the pawl 28 is adapted to prevent any retrograde movement of the said rollers.

Suitably connected to theupper terminals of the flanges 20 is a longitudinally extending guide member 30 which projects up- .wardly toward the cap 22 .as well as rearwardly toward the base 10 as more particularly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. This guide member is preferably formed 'from a strip of suitable resilient sheet metal and adjacent the upper extremity thereof, is bent longitudinally to provide an arcuate terminal 31 curving laterally and forwardly in the-direction of the rollers 24 in upward spaced relation thereto.

Secured at one extremity to the base l0 at a point substantially midway the ends of the guide member 30 is a second guide member`32 arranged to coact therewith. This guide member 32 is also preferably formed from a strip of suitable resilient sheet metal and is longitudinally curved intermediate its ends to extend over the arcuate extremity 31 of the guide member 30 in substantially concentric spaced relation thereto, it bein understood, of course, that the guide 32 1s arranged over the guide 30. At its outer extremity, the guide 32 is arranged to extend forwardly over the rollers 24 in spaced relation thereto and at its outer end, is reversely curved to provide a substantially arcuate terminal 33 with the convex side thereof presented toward the rollers 24.

It will now be observed that the rollers 24 are housed within the upper portion of the support 17 andare disposed at the inner upper end of the guide-way provided by the flanges 20. In the drawings, I` have shown the manner in which a conventional type of paste tube is connected with the device, in order that the operation of the invention might be entirely clear. The paste tube is laid within the guide-way of the support to rest. upon the flanges 20 and the inner end of the tube is then engaged between the rollers 24 by turning the knob 29. When so engaged, it will be noted as particularly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, that the mouth of the tube will be disposed in alinement with the slot 21 so that a tooth brush may be readily inserted within the slot and moved to a position to receive paste issuing from the tube. When it is desired to expel the paste from the tube, the knob 29 is then further operated to compress the tube when the tube will be drawn upwardly between the rollers 24 and since the slot 21 extends throughout the length of the flanges 20, it will be seen that a tooth brush may, at all times be readily disposed beneath the mouth of the tube. As the tube is thus compressed in use, the inner extremity thereof will be directed upwardly within the upper portion of the support 17 to strike the free convex terminal 33 of the guide member 32. This guide member will then direct the inner end of the tube as the tube is fed from the rollers 24 laterally toward the base 10 between the said guide member and the guide member 30 to move freely through the arcuate guide way defined thereby. As shown in Fig. 3, the guide member 30 is adapted to support the inner extremity of the tube, so that it will be prevented from curling up within the support to impede the operation of the rollers 24 and will be housed Within the said support so that the device,.in use, will present a neat and attractive appearance.

Attention is particularly directed to the fact that the rollers 24 are adapted to operate upon the tube as more particularly shown m Fig. 3 of the drawings substantially throughout the entire length of the tube, so that all of the paste may be expelled therefrom. This is obviously a feature of advantage since, in use, none of the paste will be wasted.

Having thus y described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is y 1. A device of the character described including a base, a support arranged thereon, substantially arcuate coactin flanges carried by the support and prov1ding a guideway, compression mechanism mounted upon the support at one end of said guideway, and coacting guide members arranged adjacent said mechanism, said guide members being carried one by the said flanges and the other by the base, the said mechanism being adapted to engage a paste tube disposed in said guideway to direct the inner end of the tube toward the said guide members and the said guide members being adapted to direct the inner end of the tube laterally upon one side of said rollers.

2. A device of the character described including a support providing a guideway, and compression mechanism arranged adjacent the upper end of said guideway, the said mechanism being adapted to engage a paste tube freely depending from said mechanism in front of the guideway with the guideway adapted to provide a support for the tube.

3. A device of the character described including a support having spaced flanges formed thereon adapted to receive a tooth brush therebetween, and compression mechanism carried by the support, the said mechanism being adapted to engage a paste tube resting against said flanges with the mouth of the tube disposed opposite the space between the flanges.

4. A device of the character described including a `support formed to provide a guideway having a longitudinally extending slot formed therein adapted to receive a tooth brush, and compression mechanism carried by the support, the said mechanism being adapted to engage a paste tube disposed in said guideway with the mouth of the tube arranged opposite said slot.

5. A device of the character described including a support having side walls joined by a connectingportion, the connectin portion being split for a portion of its engthand bent to provide a guideway with the said split adapted to receive a tooth brush, and compression mechanism mounted upon said side walls of the support and adapted to engage a paste tube disposed against said guideway for moving the mouth of the tube longitudinally of the said split as the paste is expelled from the tube 4by the said rollers.

6. A device of the character described includin a support," compression mechanism carrie@ by the support, and spaced superposed guide members arranged adjacent Isaid mechanism, the said mechanism being adapted to engage a paste tube resting against the support and said members being adapted to coact to direct the inner end of the tube therebetween with one of the members adapted to support Ithe inner extremity of the tube.

v7. A device of the character described including a support, compression mechanism carried thereby, and coacting guide members mounted adjacent said mechanism, the said mechanism being adapted to engage a paste tube resting against said support with one of the said guide members adapted to engage the inner extremity of the tube for directing it to a position to be supported by the other of said guide members.

8. A device of the character described including a support provided with spaced members adapted to receive a tooth brush therebetween, a compression mechanism mounted to overhang the said members adjacent one extremity of the support and adapted to engage a paste tube resting against said members for moving the mouth of the tube longitudinally of the space lbetween the members as the paste is expelled from the tube.

In testimony whereof I aflx my signature.

a DAVID MOXGN. [1.. s.] 

